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1983 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Javelin Throw
These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 13, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). Medalists Schedule *''All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification Group A Group B Final See also * 1980 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow) * 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) * 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles) * 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong ('' ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', and when they released the shaft, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event there and in Finland in the 1880s. The rules continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Vila
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MarÃa Caridad Colón
MarÃa Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958, in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record. She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ... (IOC). International competitions 1Representing the Americas References External links * * * 1958 births Living people People from Baracoa Cuban female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate Peters
Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959) is a retired West German javelin thrower. Biography She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics. She then won bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final. She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986. She represented the clubs OSC Dortmund and TV Wattenscheid. Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, Ruth Fuchs, Ingrid Thyssen and Susanne Jung. Private life Beate Peters is openly lesbian and lives with retired heptathlete Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Smith
Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States. She was born in Germany. She is a three-time Olympian. Smith qualified for a fourth, the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did, however, receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. Her all-time career-best mark was 212 feet, 6 inches in August 1980. Early life and college success After graduating from La Jolla High School, Smith initially attended UCLA before leaving to train in Germany in 1977. Smith then returned to college, enrolling at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. While at Cal Poly, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1982. With Smith leading the way, the Mustangs won the 1981 AIAW The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éva Ráduly-Zörgő
Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (''Éva Ileana Ráduly-Zörgő;'' born October 23, 1954, in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj) is a former javelin thrower from Romania, who set her personal best in 1980, throwing 68.80 metres. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1972, 1976 and 1980) for her native country. External links * * 1954 births Living people Romanian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
